The Official Aion Tower of Eternity Thread! The Tower Awaits

[operakitty]

I'm going Asmodian because seriously, who doesn't like nocturnal fantasy Vikings with wings? :3

I'll probably make an Elyos alt at some point in time, dunno what class or server though.

[Ikoian]

operakitty

I doubt it'll be a WoW killer. People are going to play what they want to play regardless, and WoW has a fairly large hardcore fanbase that'll remain loyal.

Aion's going to do really well, though, I think. I was attracted to it because it uses some stuff from WoW and other MMOs that I liked, has gorgeous art (I hate the toony look WoW uses), most of the people I met on beta were actually really nice (like random clerics running by and healing you or other players helping you out if you're in trouble in a fight).

It's also not ultra-grindy like a lot of Asian MMOs in my experience have been *eyes Perfect World and Lineage in particular*. They did a lot of stuff to cater specifically to Western audiences and more casual players.

Oh, and if anyone was concerned about it (I had no problems at all but apparently a lot of people did?), they're removing GameGuard for the launch. 3nodding

Thank god! My computer get realy bitchy whenever a game uses GameGuard for the first time.
Anyways, pretty much every MMO is grindy. Its all in a matter of how intresting they make the grinding. I hope its user base stays friendly and mature by the time I get to play it. (When the $50 first pay reduces because I am a cheapstake) Maple Story and Runescape were pretty fun until the 12 year old boys invaided and the GMs had to make everything easier (TT).

What I like about Aion is that it has a feature that I thought of ever scince I played the trail version of WoW, armor customization. I like how you can disguise one armor to look like another peice of armor AND color customization. Pretty much every peice of equipment in WoW are all recolors of other peices anyways so I don't see how they didn't think of the atleast color customization first.
Also like you said, I love its appearence. Colorful without being all toony like WoW.

[operakitty]

DeadxSilent

Thank god! My computer get realy bitchy whenever a game uses GameGuard for the first time.
Anyways, pretty much every MMO is grindy. Its all in a matter of how intresting they make the grinding. I hope its user base stays friendly and mature by the time I get to play it. (When the $50 first pay reduces because I am a cheapstake) Maple Story and Runescape were pretty fun until the 12 year old boys invaided and the GMs had to make everything easier (TT).

What I like about Aion is that it has a feature that I thought of ever scince I played the trail version of WoW, armor customization. I like how you can disguise one armor to look like another peice of armor AND color customization. Pretty much every peice of equipment in WoW are all recolors of other peices anyways so I don't see how they didn't think of the atleast color customization first.
Also like you said, I love its appearence. Colorful without being all toony like WoW.

Oh, sure, any MMO's going to require you to grind, but the grind shouldn't be like "Why am I still playing this again e_e", and some of them are really bad about that. The XP modifier in Aion starts to lose steam around level 15ish or so, but the quests were so fun I didn't mind at all. So many of them are story-oriented and interesting.

I also really love, from an RP standpoint (since yeah, I'm one of those people who RPs my MMO alts), that your past before the point where you start in the game is a blank slate so you can add whatever if you care about that kind of thing.

Yeah, the armor customization thing is really nice too, so you don't have to rock the patchwork look like a hobo XD yet another thing that bugged me about WoW.

Wow, MapleStory. I used to play that and RO too but I haven't thought of them in like years. XD

[Return Zero]

So glad they got rid of Game Guard for launch, from what I can tell just from character reservation, it's running a lot smoother on my pc than the beta weekends.

Asmodians ftw. ;D

[Rou Kou Fight the Powah]

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I finally got my character & name preselected.
I have an Asomodia on Zikel, and an Elyos on Luminous (sp?)

[Wrenry]

The day before I was looking over the preselection server and floored that five of the realms at the time only allowed for Elyos to be rolled. I know they did this to balance the realms, but for so many people to have rolled Asmodians makes me proud.

-And yeah, I rolled Asmodian because I love that these guys are survivors. And the long manes they have.-

[Rou Kou Fight the Powah]

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Champions online looks interesting.

[Chibi Violent Girl]

operakitty

Anyway, anyone wants to poke me, I'm on Zikel, Asmo side.

Heya! I'm on that server too! And also I'm an Asmo, as well as my boyfriend. My name is Daliah and I'm gonna be a gladiator.

[Nikghen]

hey is there any way besides credit card that i can pay for this game sad ?

[rickere]

Nikghen

hey is there any way besides credit card that i can pay for this game sad ?

I don't know for definate, but i heard they were doing pre paid cards, like what Blizzard does with WoW, i hope they do them., i'd rather not use my credit card for it. ><

[Astonish xOx]

Nikghen

hey is there any way besides credit card that i can pay for this game sad ?

Yes, you can buy game time cards. In fact any of the other NCSoft Game time cards work for Aion. This has been confirmed already. You can buy them at Best Buy, 7-Eleven, Rite-Aid, Target, and HEB. That's for North America at least. There are probably different locations in Europe.

Also, all of the pricing information is listed on www.aiononline.com


Just click on support.

[operakitty]

Chibi Violent Girl

operakitty

Anyway, anyone wants to poke me, I'm on Zikel, Asmo side.

Heya! I'm on that server too! And also I'm an Asmo, as well as my boyfriend. My name is Daliah and I'm gonna be a gladiator.

Me too! Gladiators FTW. > biggrin My alt's named Althenia.

...On one hand, I'm going D: that the headstart doesn't begin until 2pm my time tomorrow, but on the other, I know it's probably just as well because I wouldn't go to bed if they'd kicked things off at midnight PST. lol

*bounces around in her seat, wants to play now!*

[Rou Kou Fight the Powah]

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I have an Asmo-Scout on Zikel.

[Nikghen]

Kry is a dragon

Nikghen

hey is there any way besides credit card that i can pay for this game sad ?

Yes, you can buy game time cards. In fact any of the other NCSoft Game time cards work for Aion. This has been confirmed already. You can buy them at Best Buy, 7-Eleven, Rite-Aid, Target, and HEB. That's for North America at least. There are probably different locations in Europe.

Also, all of the pricing information is listed on www.aiononline.com


Just click on support.

i love oyu

[SeitoX]

Alade

SeitoX

Everyone is going Asmond haha. I'm going on Marchutan as Elyos chanter!

No they arent because the servers auto balance themselves. If one side becomes to over populated that server locks that race out till they are more even. It happened in the pre-select.

Auto balance yeah but there is a limit to it. Auto balance happens when one side is overwhelmingly more then another side. I believe it starts up when the rate is 1.5:1 with races. Either way asmond will be the most populated race on most classes. Sadly too I think all the little kiddies are going asmond as well. I expect Elyos will be more mature. Damn Asmond looking bad a** and demon like in just the right way for little kids to want to play them! xp